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UW-Platteville adds $394 million to Wisconsin economy

Written By: Paul Erickson | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville had an estimated $394 million economic impact in Wisconsin in 2011-12, including $275 million in the southwestern region of the state, according to a new study done by the university and released this week.


UW-Platteville introduces updated Pioneer Pete as mascot

Written By: Paul Erickson | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville unveiled an updated and stylized version of Pioneer Pete during the Homecoming Yell volleyball match on Thursday, Oct. 18, giving the university an official mascot for the first time in at least two decades.


U.S. Secretaries of Ed, Ag praise UW-Platteville at Town Hall Event

Written By: Ian Clark | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community

Nearly 400 people from across the region packed into the standing room only Agriculture Education Pavilion at Pioneer Farm on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus to ask questions of Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, and Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, during a town hall meeting.